Friday, December 14, 2012

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.8 (Christmas Edition) Released on 12th December 2012

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.8 (Christmas Edition) setup is published
at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.1.8-setup.zip

and a full MinGW-based self-extracting archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg218-mingw.exe

There is the following changelog for this build:

2012/12/12: HMG Extended Edition 2.1.8 (Christmas Edition) Published.
* Fixed: Program crash at xHarbour-based build when you change the value in
a Pictured GetBox by painting the old value with the mouse and then
overwriting, replace with a new value (introduced in the build 2.1.7).
Problem was reported by Jan Costiander <jan.costiander@gmail.com>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* New: Added command DEFINE WINDOW TEMPLATE ... MDICHILD.
Requested by Fernando Maciel <macielfernando@yahoo.com.ar>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\mdi_4)
* Changed: The client area of form is refreshed automatically if a codeblock
of 'On Paint' event is defined for this window.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Changed: Positioning of a caretpos to first char in the Getbox when user
mouse click in the middle of this control.
Contributed by Alfredo Franceschetti <franz@valgraveglia.net>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\GetBox)
* Enhanced: Added 'VCENTERALIGN' clause (optional) for vertical aligning of
text in the LABEL control.
Based upon a contribution of Russian user SergKis
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\MAINDEMO_(
SYNTAX_I))
* Updated: PRG-code was formatted by Harbour contrib hbformat utility with
the following exceptions:
- h_windows.prg provoked hbformat crash;
- h_edit.prg and h_edit_ex.prg were leaved with original formatting.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Updated: C-code changes for compatibility with older xHarbour versions.
Warning: It will required a presence of the proper header file
hbverbld.h in the xHarbour's \include folder.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Updated: C-code of FOLDER control was modified for the correct positioning
of the buttons, depending on the version of Windows.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\Folder)
* Updated: HBPrinter library v.2.36: updated 'Print Options' dialog's look.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see source in folder \source\HbPrinter)
* Updated: MiniPrint library: updated C-code casting.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see source in folder \Source\MiniPrint)
* Updated: PropGrid library v.2.0 (see source in folder \source\PropGrid):
- Fixed: Item type LIST: did not work properly saving without leaving items.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.2.0dev (SVN 2012-12-04 14:14):
* Updated: HbSQLite3 library source code (see in folder \Source\HbSQLite3);
* Updated: HbODBC library source code (see in folder \Source\HbODBC).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'Bos Taurus' Graphics Library v.1.02 (see Doc folder for details).
Contributed by Claudio Soto <srvet@adinet.com.uy>. Samples were
adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\BosTaurus)
* Updated: 'CheckBox events' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\Checkbox)
* Updated: 'HPDF Print' sample is based upon the Haru Free PDF library:
- New: Added optional clause ANGLE to HPDFPRINT MULTILINE command.
- Fixed: STRIKEOUT and UNDERLINE options also works in MULTILINE command.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>.
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\PDF_PRINT)
* Updated: 'WebCam Capture' sample (look at avicap.txt for description).
Based upon a contribution of Marcelo Brigatti <mbrigatti@uol.com.br>.
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\WebCam)
* Updated: 'Managing reservations rooms' sample.
Contributed by Pierpaolo Martinello alice.it
>
(see in folder \samples\Applications\Reservation)
* Updated: 'Code_ReIndent' sample by Joe Fanucchi <fantasyspinner2002@yahoo.com>.
Based upon a contribution of HMGFORUM's user
(see \Utils\Code_ReIndent\Indent.prg)

There is a last minute update in this build also:
* Updated: WinReport library (see source in folder \Source\WinReport).
Contributed by Pierpaolo Martinello alice.it>
(see demo in folder \samples\Advanced\REPORT_INTERPRETER)

It is a regularly scheduled monthly maintenance release.

This release is considered stable and ready for production use.

--
With Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Thursday, November 1, 2012

How to avoid PUBLIC warnings

This brief tip is inspired by a thread at the harbour-Users forum

Giovanni Di Maria :

How can I avoid the warnings of PUBLIC variables, compiling with -w3 flag?

Solutions
1. Maurizo la Cecilia : just add -a to your compiler flags

2. Qatan :
For me the right thing to do is to use your public variables this way: M->PulicVariable := “value”
That way you are going to “avoid” warnings

3. Viktor :
Try hbmk2 --harbourhelp

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.7 Released on 30th October 2012

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.7 setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.1.7-setup.zip

and a full MinGW-based self-extracting archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg217-mingw.exe

There is the following changelog for this build:

2012/10/30: HMG Extended Edition 2.1.7 Published.
* Changed: Replacing the selection 'Do Case' with Switch-Case for improvement
of the speed in the some internal functions.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Changed: Minor correction for a row position of popup window at no-inplace
editing in the Grid control.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo.prg in folder \samples\Basic\Grid)
* Updated: Code is updated for compatibility with older Harbour versions.
Requested by Valtecom Jose Martins <valtecom@yahoo.com.br>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Updated: The procedure _DefineMenuItem() is updated for compatibility with
last Harbour change of operator optimizations switch -ko.
Contributed by Rossine <qiinfo@ig.com.br>
* Updated: Function IsThemed() is updated for compatibility with Win Vista/Seven.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Updated: HBPrinter library v.2.35 (see source in folder \source\HbPrinter):
- Fixed: Language detection for compatibility with a recent Harbour
language's support changes.
Requested by Pierpaolo Martinello alice.it
>
* Updated: MiniPrint library (see source in folder \Source\MiniPrint):
- Fixed: Language detection for compatibility with a recent Harbour
language's support changes.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- Fixed: Added missed refresh in the Append mode.
Problem was reported by Simon Norbert <simon.n@t-online.hu>
- Fixed: Wrong behavior after pressing of key at memo-field's
editing. key executes exit without saving now.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.2.0dev (SVN 2012-10-25 00:08):
* Updated: most important differences between Harbour and xHarbour
(see xhb-diff.txt in folder \harbour\doc);
* Updated: ADS RDD synced for Advantage Database Server 10.0;
* Updated: MySql library source code (see in folder \Source\HbMySql);
* Updated: HaruPDF library update to 2.3.0RC2 (from 2.0.8).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'Build PDF from a text file' sample.
Based upon a contribution of Bicahi Esgici <esgici@gmail.com>.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\PDF_PRINT_1)
* Updated: 'HPDF Print' sample is based upon the Haru Free PDF library:
- New: Added SET HPDFPAGE LINESPACING command;
- New: Added SET HPDFPAGE DASH STYLE command;
- New: Added optional clause ANGLE to HPDFPRINT command.
- Modified: Processing BOLD, ITALIC, UNDERLINE and STRIKEOUT font
attributes in HPDFPRINT command.
Based upon a contribution of S.Rathinagiri <srgiri@dataone.in> and
Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\PDF_PRINT)
* Updated: 'Haru PDF' sample:
- Added: Barcode and QrCode sample is based upon HbZebra library.
Contributed by Pierpaolo Martinello alice.it
>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\HaruPDF)
* Updated: 'JPG Viewer' sample: added a simple background image.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\JpgViewer)
* Updated: Modest sample (database editor and documentor).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Applications\Modest)

It is a regularly scheduled monthly maintenance release.

This release is considered stable and ready for production use.

--
With Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

HbQt, HbXBP and HbIDE - New Home Changed



Pritpal Bedi bedipritpal.s@gmail.com via googlegroups.com 
Oct 2 (1 day ago)

to harbour-users
Hello Everybody

We discussed, as guided by Viktor, and debated by Francesco Perillo, 
over the use of "hbaddons" namespace, and unanimously, resolved that 
this namespace must remain reserved for Harbour's would-be-in-future 
implementation of "package(s)" protocol. The discussion can be read at 
google groups - qtcontribs.

So the new home to Qt related projects is now SF account:
QtContribs - Harbour Qt Projects

Checkout: 

The Mission Statement:
Subsribe to QtContrib Developers List at:

Download and build protocol remains the same:
1. Create "addons" subfolder in Harbour root as: harbour/addons
2. Checkout: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/qtcontribs/code/trunk  in this folder
3. Type: hbmk2 qtcontribs.hbp
4. Receive: hbqt*, hbxbp libraries in Harbour's build lib folder.
5. Receive: hbide.exe in Harbour's build bin folder

Hope to meet you at:

Till then,

Pritpal Bedi
a student of software analysis & concepts

PS: do not forget to show your support by writing a review at SF page.

Monday, October 1, 2012

HbQt, HbXBP and HbIDE is back...




Hello Everybody

Let me enjoy the pleasure to announce the new home for 
HbQt, HbXBP, HbIDE, which, for good reasons, were removed 
from Harbour's repository.

Checkout: 

How to get:
Create "addons" subfolder in Harbour root, as 
harbour/addons
And checkout with above link into this folder.

How to build:
Access the console as you would be accessing for Harbour.
CD to addons.
Issue: hbmk2 hbaddons.hbp -rebuild.
That's it.
The binaries will be deposited in where Harbour build deposits.

Mailing-lists for developers and users will be announced later.

I am really thankful to Maurizio, Francessco Perillo, Francesco Saverio Giudice
for their whole hearted support. SF "hbaddons" project includes 
Viktor and Przemek as Admins. 

It would important here to mention that the bug of HbIDE 
which throws GPF on EXIT on nix systems, reported by 
Przemek has been fixed. This GPF was also present on 
MSVC since begining, on all versions. The fix is materialized 
in .qth files, where I overlooked QSpacerItem, which is a 
non-QObject derived class but was being handelled as 
if it was a QObject. So, until someone comes across any such 
overlook, I can assume HbQt to be stable.

Hope to see you downloading these components...

Regards

Pritpal Bedi

a student of software analysis & concepts

Friday, September 28, 2012

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.5 Released on 12 Sept 2012

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.5 setup is published at the following
URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.1.5-setup.zip

and a lite MinGW-based archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg215-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2012/09/12: HMG Extended Edition 2.1.5 Published.
* Fixed: Typo in the source c_getbox.c (introduced in the build 2.0.6).
Based upon a contribution of Brazil HMG user.
* New: The MAIN window have an optional NotifyBalloonClick event at using of
the command SET TOOLTIPSTYLE BALLOON.
Based upon a contribution of Rossine <qiinfo@...>
(see demo in folder \samples\Advanced\TrayBalloon_2)
* Changed: The codeblock of 'On Paint' event be executed directly on the
client
area before painting of the controls. It allows to set a background
image in a window via the ON PAINT event.
The old behaviour is available also via using of the command
SET PROGRAMMATICCHANGE OFF for backward compatibility with old code.
Contributed by Claudio Soto <srvet@...>
* Enhanced: The function WindowsVersion() detects Windows 8 and 2012 server.
Borrowed from xHarbour distribution.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Updated: MiniPrint library (see source in folder \Source\MiniPrint):
- Updated: Function _HMG_PRINTER_SHOWPAGE for compatibility with
'On Paint' event change.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.2.0dev (SVN 2012-09-09 14:02).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'Dynamic Grid' sample: modification of a GRID control at runtime.
Based upon a contribution by Claudio Soto <srvet@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\DynamicGrid)
* New: 'Trick for putting of icons to a form' sample.
Contributed by Verchenko Andrey <verchenkoag@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\TransparentIcons)
* Updated: 'Gradient Background' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\FillBlue)
* Updated: 'Fill Triangle' sample for compatibility with 'On Paint' event
change.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\FillTriangle)

It is a regularly scheduled monthly maintenance release.
This release is considered stable and ready for production use.

--
With Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

HMG 3.0.44 Released on 3rd Sept 2012

HMG 3.0.44

Hi all,

I am so happy to upload the new test version HMG 3.0.44.

It can be downloaded from site (37.51 MB)

Alternatively you can download from sourceforge.net too.

Code:
- HMG 3.0.44 (Test) 2012/09/03 Changelog:
   - Fixed Portuguese language definitions (Thanks to Ronaldo (Chacal.GO))
   - New GridEx dynamic grid functionality and see the sample in HFCL samples directory. (Thanks to Claudio Soto)
      - GRID_ColumnCount         ---> Return the Number of Column on GRID
      - GRID_AddColumnEx         ---> Complement of Method:  AddColumn (nColIndex)
      - GRID_DeleteColumnEx      ---> Complement of Method:  DeleteColumn (nColIndex)
      - GRID_GetColumnControlsEx ---> Return Array with Controls of Column(nColIndex) ==> {cCAPTION, nWIDTH, nJUSTIFY, aCOLUMNCONTROL, bDYNAMICBACKCOLOR, bDYNAMICFORECOLOR, bCOLUMNWHEN, bCOLUMNVALID, bONHEADCLICK}
      - GRID_GetColumnControl    ---> Return specific Control of Column(nColIndex) ==> [cCAPTION, nWIDTH, nJUSTIFY, aCOLUMNCONTROL, bDYNAMICBACKCOLOR, bDYNAMICFORECOLOR, bCOLUMNWHEN, bCOLUMNVALID, bONHEADCLICK]
      - GRID_SetColumnControl    ---> Set specific Control of Column(nColIndex)    ==> [cCAPTION, nWIDTH, nJUSTIFY, aCOLUMNCONTROL, bDYNAMICBACKCOLOR, bDYNAMICFORECOLOR, bCOLUMNWHEN, bCOLUMNVALID, bONHEADCLICK]
      - GRID_GetColumnDisplayPos ---> Get the position of Column(nColIndex) in that display in the GRID
      - GRID_SetColumnDisplayPos ---> Set the position of Column(nColIndex) in that display in the GRID
      - GRID_GetColumnWidthDisplay -> Get the Width of Column(nColIndex) in that display in the GRID
      - GRID_SetBkImage          ---> Set background image in Grid

_________________

 rathinagiri
East or West HMG is the Best.
South or North HMG is worth.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Tutorial QT & Harbour Rev. [964] by Giovanni Di Maria

HARBOUR GUIDES

TUTORIALS ABOUT HARBOUR PROGRAMMING

TUTORIALS SULL'ELETTRONICA

TUTORIALS SULLA PROGRAMMAZIONE DEI MICROCONTROLLORI PIC

TUTORIALS SU CANCELLERIA ED EDITORIA

Dbf Files on PHP by Roberto Lopez


Roberto Lopez roberbox@gmail.com
Aug 5 (5 days ago)

to harbour-users
Hi All,

I'm posting this here, because could be of interest for Harbour users.

I'm working in HMGSCRIPT. It is a JavaScript GUI library, created with the goal to allow the programmer use the same logic of desktop applications for web applications.

It handles MySql and dbf files via synchronous xmlhttprequest.

The support for dbf files via PHP scripts is intended for the following situation: Imagine that you have a Harbour based app running in a LAN and shared by various users, and you want to access the same files with a web client. The only thing that you need is to install an AMP server in the machine where the files are located and make the machine available via Internet, then HMGSCRIPT apps and LAN apps could share the same data.

IMPORTANT: I'VE NOT TESTED THE CLASS IN SUCH ENVIRONMENT YET, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT SOME ADJUSTMENTS COULD BE REQUIRED (SPECIALLY REGARDING SHARING AND LOCKING). THERE IS NO SECURITY IMPLEMENTED (YOU MUST DO IT FOR ANY REAL WORLD USE). USE FOR TEST ONLY AND REPORT ANY PROBLEM FOUND ON THIS THREAD. IDEAS AND CODE TO ENHANCE THE CLASS ARE WELCOME.

Since the dbf files support was dropped from PHP standard distributions, I've decided to code from the scratch a new class to do that.

Please, use carefully (specially to write operations) since the code is fully new and must be considered ALPHA.

Operations that set or get the field content handles all  original  dbf data types (character, numeric, logical and date) as strings (See the sample code for more info).


Regards,

Roberto.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Harbour MiniGUI 2.1.4 Extended Edition is published

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.4 setup is published at the
following
URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.1.4-setup.zip

and a lite MinGW-based archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg214-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2012/08/07: HMG Extended Edition 2.1.4 Published.
* Fixed: GDI leaks problem at using of a Modal windows.
It exists in the official version too.
Based upon a contribution of Rossine
* Fixed: The C-function strtrim() causes the program crash with MinGW
compiler.
Problem was reported by Rossine .
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
* Fixed: Added missed refresh at resizing of Label and Button controls.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\AUTOADJUST)
* Changed: Language detection in the core function InitMessages()
for compatibility with a recent Harbour language's changes.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
* Updated: Recent changes of Tab's 'On Cnange' event are guarded by the
command
SET PROGRAMMATICCHANGE OFF for backward compatibility with old code.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
* Updated: HBPrinter library v.2.35 (see source in folder
\source\HbPrinter):
- Fixed: C-function rr_DeviceCapabilities() generates GPF when
a printer is selected under Win7.
Based upon a code borrowed from OOHG.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- Fixed: Added missed refresh after hit bottom in the method
GoNext().
- Fixed: Wrong position of inplace edit window at using of editable
TBrowse control in the 'Add Tab Control' function.
Problem was reported by Marcelo Torres .
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.2.0dev (SVN 2012-07-31 15:10).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'MOUSEDRAG event' sample.
Contributed by Andrey Sermyagin
(see in folder \samples\Basic\ON_MOUSEDRAG)
* New: 'MsSql Database Driver' sample. Contributed by Alen Uzelac

(see in folder \samples\Advanced\MSSQL)
* New: 'SuperChef Pizzaria System' sample.
Contributed by Marcelo Neves
(see in folder \samples\Applications\Super)

It is a regularly scheduled monthly maintenance release.
This release is considered stable and ready for production use.
Upgrading from other releases is recommended.

--
With Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.3 Released on 10th July 2012

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.3 setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.1.3-setup.zip

and a lite MinGW-based archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg213-mingw.zip

It is a regularly scheduled monthly maintenance release.

There is the following changelog for this build:

2012/07/10: HMG Extended Edition 2.1.3 Published.
* New: Added header files hmg.ch and i_hmgcompat.ch for compatibility with .FMG
files which were created via the official Ide of Roberto Lopez.
It is now possible to compile a basic examples for the official Ide
without any modifications.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Enhanced: The codeblock of tab's 'On Cnange' event accepts a current page number
as parameter. It allows to create an unified validation of input values
on tab page at this event.
Syntax:
define tab ... on change { |nPage| ValidFunc( nPage ) },
where ValidFunc(nPage) will return a logical value after the validation
of input values on a current tab page nPage.
Based upon a contribution of Rossine <qiinfo@ig.com.br>
(see demo2.prg in folder \samples\Basic\GetBoxValid)
* Updated: Batch file hbmk2.bat for compatibility with a last hbmk2 utility changes.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see hbmk2.bat in folder \Batch)
* Updated: HBPrinter library v.2.34 (see source in folder \source\HbPrinter):
- Fixed: Correction in the C-function rr_GetDefaultPrinter()
for compatibility with Win Vista/Seven.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Updated: PropGrid library v.2.0 (see source in folder \source\PropGrid):
- New: Function GetChangendItem(cForm,CPgName)
Syntax:
GET CHANGED PROPERTYITEM [ OF | PARENT> ] TO
- New: Function SaveMemVarible(cForm,CPgName)
Syntax:
SAVE MEMVALUE PROPERTY [ OF | PARENT> ]
- New: PropertyGrid Language translation support.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
(see demo3.prg in folder \samples\Advanced\PropGrid)
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- Fixed: Added missed refresh after cursor moving in the method PostEdit().
- Fixed: Wrong BtnTextBox window handle after last changes.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.2.0dev (SVN 2012-07-04 15:14):
* Updated: most important differences between Harbour and xHarbour
(see xhb-diff.txt in folder \harbour\doc);
* Updated: HbZipArc library source code (see in folder \Source\HbZipArc).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'Playing by Drawing' sample. Contributed by Bicahi Esgici <esgici@gmail.com>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\DRAW)
* New: 'Zoom' sample: screen zoomer and color picker.
Contributed by Rossine <qiinfo@ig.com.br>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\ZOOM)
* Updated: 'Get Directory Recurse' sample:
- Modified: Harbour implementation is based on xHb contrib library instead
of a local code.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\

DirectoryRecurse)
* Updated: 'Menu for running of the external console programs' sample.
Contributed by Verchenko Andrey <verchenkoag@gmail.com>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\RunTasks)
* Updated: 'Managing reservations rooms' sample.
Contributed by Pierpaolo Martinello alice.it>
(see in folder \samples\Applications\Reservation)

This release is considered stable and ready for production use.

--
With Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.2 Released on June 12, 2012

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.2 setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.1.2-setup.zip

and the lite MinGW-based archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg212-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2012/06/12: HMG Extended Edition 2.1.2 Published.
* Fixed: The Navigation Extended does not work in a Modal windows at MDI environment
(introduced in the build 2.1.1).
Bug was reported by Anibal Villalobos Guillen <anibalgvillalobosg@yahoo.com>
.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Fixed: Typo in the internal C-function TextDraw() which was a reason of the memory
leak in the DRAW TEXT command.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Enhanced: Menu Item supports an optional BREAKMENU [ SEPARATOR ] clause now.
Menu Item with BreakMenu clause begin a new column.
Based upon a contribution of Vladimir Chumachenko <ChVolodymyr@yandex.ru> and
Rossine <qiinfo@ig.com.br>
(see demo in folder \samples\Advanced\BreakMenu)
* Enhanced: The POPUP menu supports an optional FONT clause now.
Contributed by Rossine <qiinfo@ig.com.br>.
* Changed: modified source code for internal functions _GetSection().
Contributed by Rossine <qiinfo@ig.com.br>.
* Updated: MiniPrint library (see source in folder \Source\MiniPrint):
- Fixed: Client Height is miscalculated in _HMG_PRINTER_SHOWPAGE function.
Based upon a code borrowed from OOHG.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- Fixed: TBrowse blocks 'On LostFocus' event of other controls after inplace
editing. Bug was reported by Paolo Russignan <paolorus@yahoo.it>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
- Fixed: Problem with TBrowse footer's assigning if the Selector is enabled.
Problem was reported by Simon Norbert <simon.n@t-online.hu>.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.2.0dev (SVN 2012-06-10 17:19):
* Updated: HbZipArc library source code (see in folder \Source\HbZipArc):
- fixed for unicode support.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'Partial seek in TsBrowse' sample: just write 'Jo Sm' to find 'John Smith'.
Contributed by Krzysztof Stankiewicz <ks@nsm.pl>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\Tsb_seek)
* New: 'Managing reservations rooms' sample.
Contributed by Pierpaolo Martinello alice.it>
(see in folder \samples\Applications\Reservation)
* Updated: 'Browse in MDI Childs' sample: added browse refreshing at 'On Click' event.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\basic\mdi_2)
* Updated: 'BackUp Utility' sample:
- adding recursive backUp of folder and some kind of maintenance for archives.
Contributed by Evangelos Tsakalidis <tsakal@otenet.gr>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\BackUp)
* Updated: 'System services' sample: speed improvement with using of class stringBuffer.
Contributed by Evangelos Tsakalidis <tsakal@otenet.gr>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\WMI_Service_2)

This release is considered stable and ready for production use.

This issue is dedicated to the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship (*Euro 2012*)!

--
With Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.1 released on 16th May 2012

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.1 setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.1.1-setup.zip

and the lite MinGW-based archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg211-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2012/05/16: HMG Extended Edition 2.1.1 Published.
* Fixed: Hotkeys management in the MDI Child windows:
- Fixed: Inplace editing error in Browse control;
- Added: Moving between controls via Tab and Shift-Tab hotkeys.
Based upon a contribution of Russian user SergKis
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\MDI_3)
* Fixed: 'FocusedControl' property of form don't work in the MDI Child windows.
Based upon a contribution of Russian user SergKis
* Changed: The internal C-function loadolepicture() was splitted on four parts
for simplification and possible memory leaks correction.
Contributed by Petr Chornyj .
* Changed: The internal font management functions were rewritten for simplification
and optimization. The function SetFontNameSize() is obsolete now and
defined for compatibility with old code only.
Contributed by Petr Chornyj .
* Enhanced: Added autodetecting and setting of the user codepage at program's startup
for compatibility with a last Harbour unicode changes.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
* Enhanced: The DRAW GRAPH command respects the font attributes which are defined
via SET FONT TO command for all form's controls.
Requested by Simon Norbert .
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\MAINDEMO_(SYNTAX_I))
* Updated: HBPrinter library v.2.32 (see source in folder \source\HbPrinter):
- Fixed: Correction in the C-function rr_GetDefaultPrinter()
for compatibility with MinGW32.
- Fixed: Possible memory leak in the C-function rr_GetPrinters().
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.2.0dev (SVN 2012-05-12 00:55):
* Modified: UNICODE build mode is only one build mode on Windows.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'Add a new item in inplaced combobox of GRID control' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
(see demo3.prg in folder \samples\Basic\Grid_Test)
* New: 'DYNAMIC type usage at INPLACE EDIT in GRID control' sample.
Contributed by Adam Lubszczyk
(see demo2.prg in folder \samples\Basic\Grid_Usertype)
* Updated: 'Simple Editor' sample: added setting font's attributes at startup.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov
(see in folder \samples\Basic\EDITOR)

This release is considered stable and ready for production use.

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.0 Released on 25th April 2012

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.1.0 setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.1.0-setup.zip

and the expanded MinGW-based archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg210-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2012/04/25: HMG Extended Edition 2.1.0 Published.
* Fixed: Wrong resizing of the GetBox control without built-in buttons into Tab container.
Problem was reported by Sergey Danilevich <danilevich57@mail.ru>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Fixed: Changed correction of Browse's Up/Down keys management in the MDI Child windows.
Based upon a contribution of Russian user SergKis
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\MDI_2)
* Changed: The Spinner control shows a min/max value on 'LostFocus' event
if user introduced the 'out of range' value from keyboard.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\SPINNER)
* Changed: The internal functions _SetControlCol(), _SetControlRow(), _SetControlHeight()
and _SetControlWidth() are defined as pseudo-functions now.
They are a wrappers for the internal function _SetControlSizePos().
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Changed: The internal functions _GetNotifyIconName() and _GetNotifyIconTooltip() are defined
as pseudo-functions again.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Changed: Replacing the cycle For-Next with For Each-Next for improvement of the speed
in the internal function _SetActivationFocus().
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Enhanced: Added a seven optional color's constants to the header include\i_color.ch.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- Fixed: minor correction in the method ExpSeek (introduced in the build 2.0.7).
Contributed by Oleg Krutoff <krutoff@mail.ru>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.1.0dev (SVN 2012-04-20 08:14):
* Modified: Windows WINANSI build mode forcibly turned on.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'Disable/Enable a selected Tab Page with Cargo property usage' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo2.prg in folder \samples\Basic\Cargo)
* New: 'Harbour Script Usage' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\RunScript)
* New: 'Menu for running of the external console programs' sample.
Contributed by Verchenko Andrey <verchenkoag@gmail.com>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\RunTasks)
* Updated: 'File Manager v.0.51' sample:
- Fixed: setting of date/time attributes for file;
- New: Added BACKSPACE key action.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\FileMan)
* Updated: 'Monitor Tester' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Applications\
MonitorTester)

This release of MiniGUI is considered stable and ready for production use.

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Friday, February 24, 2012

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.7 Release on 14th Feb 2012

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.7 setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.0.7-setup.zip

and the lite MinGW-based archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg207-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2012/02/14: HMG Extended Edition 2.0.7 Published.
* Fixed: Correction in the function _GetFocusedControl() for BtnTextBox and GetBox controls.
Problem was reported by Sasha Savov gmail.com>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Fixed: Missing moving the BtnTextBox and GetBox controls into Tab container (introduced
in the build 2.0.6).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Fixed: Wrong position of the captions in the Tab control with the simultaneous use of
'Bottom' and 'BackColor' clauses (ownerdraw style).
Problem was reported by spanish user <hherrera@degesa.net>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo.prg in folder \samples\Basic\TAB)
* Enhanced: The Image control may determine an image file size when 'Height' and 'Width'
properties were not defined at the determination.
Requested by Simon Norbert <simon.n@t-online.hu>.
Based on the function hb_GetImageSize() contributed by Andi Jahja <harbour@cbn.net.id>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\IMAGE_2)
* Updated: Slovak language translation in h_init.prg.
Contributed by Gyula Bartal <bartal@tauris-danubius.sk>
* Updated: HBPrinter library v.2.28 (see source in folder \source\HbPrinter):
- Updated: Czech and Slovak language translations.
Contributed by Gyula Bartal <gybartal@gmail.com>
* Updated: PropGrid library v.2.0 (see source in folder \source\PropGrid):
- Changed: Property item type 'numeric'/'integer' accepts only numeric characters;
- Changed: Property item type 'double' has an optional InputMask in simple form '999 999.99';
- Changed: Improving the operation of the command ENABLE / DISABLE item through Id.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
(see demo3.prg in folder \samples\Advanced\PropGrid)
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- Fixed: last row sticking at cursor moving through database at some cases.
Based upon a contribution of Krzysztof Stankiewicz <ks@nsm.pl> and
Christian T. Kurowski <xharbour@wp.pl>
- New: Added class var for assignment of the background of the SELECTOR Header.
Usage: oBrw:nClrSelectorHdBack := GetSysColor( COLOR_BTNFACE )
Contributed by Simon Norbert <simon.n@t-online.hu>.
- Updated: Czech, Slovak and Hungarian language translations;
- Updated: Added warning in the method ExpSeek when Alias() != ::cAlias.
Contributed by Gyula Bartal <gybartal@gmail.com>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.1.0dev (SVN 2012-02-09 13:49):
* Updated: AdoRDD library source code (see in folder \Source\AdoRDD).
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\Adordd)
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'WAIT WINDOW in FoxPro' sample.
Based upon a code contributed by Antypenko Alexander <santy@lviv.ukrprombank.ua>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\WAIT_WINDOW_

FOX)
* New: 'WebCam Preview' sample:
- WEBCAM control was defined as user component via simple command
@ , WEBCAM [ OF ] ;
[ WIDTH ] [ HEIGHT ] [ RATE ] [ START ]
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\WebCam_2)
* Updated: MsgEdit sample:
- Changed: function hb_GetImageSize() was moved to minigui core.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\MsgEdit)
* Updated: 'UPX shell' sample: minor changes.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Applications\UPXshell)

This release of MiniGUI is considered stable and ready for production use.

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

P.S. Happy Valentine's Day! ;-)))

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.6 Released 24th january 2012

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.6 setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.0.6-setup.zip

and the lite MinGW-based archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg206-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2012/01/24: HMG Extended Edition 2.0.6 Published.
* Changed: The BTNTEXTBOX control code was rewritten for improvement:
- Modified: a real Buttons supports themed look now;
- Modified: separated Tooltips for the edit box and buttons;
- Modified: added changing of buttons picture at runtime:
Form.BtnTextBox.Picture := "demo.bmp" // 1 button
Form.BtnTextBox.Picture := {"demo.bmp","demo2.bmp"} // 2 buttons
- New: Additional clause DEFAULT activating the ENTER key for button 1 action.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
(see demos in folders \samples\Basic\BtnTextBox and
\samples\Basic\BtnTextBox_2)
* Enhanced: The GetBox control supports a built-in buttons with separated tooltips.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\GetBox)
* Updated: HBPrinter library v.2.28 (see source in folder \source\HbPrinter):
- Fixed: C-code cleaning for warnings with MinGW32.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Updated: PropGrid library v.2.0 (see source in folder \source\PropGrid):
- New: Added Property Item type PASSWORD.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
(see demo2.prg and demo3.prg in folder \samples\Advanced\PropGrid)
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- Fixed: Correction for display of the background in the Header for option SELECTOR.
Problem was reported by Simon Norbert <simon.n@t-online.hu>.
- Fixed: Problem with append a record if the Selector is enabled.
Problem was reported by Jayadev <jayadev65@yahoo.com>.
- New: Added SQLite support via harbour HbSqlDD contrib library.
(see demo in folder \samples\Advanced\Tsb_sqlite)
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.1.0dev (SVN 2012-01-18 12:02).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* Updated: HMGS-IDE v.1.1.0.3 Project Manager and Two-Way Visual Form Designer:
- Fixed: typo in the function LoadProp() (introduced in version 1.1);
- Fixed: typo in the function NewModule() (introduced in version 1.1).
Contribution by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* New: HbSQLite3 library for xHarbour compiler (see in folder \Source\xHbSQLite3).
Contribution by Richard Visscher <richard@irvis.com>
(see in folder MiniGUI\xLib in xharbour build)
* New: 'WebCam Capture' sample (look at avicap.txt for description).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\WebCam)
* Updated: 'Cargo usage' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\Cargo)
* Updated: 'Mail With Blat' sample:
- Updated: blat dll to 2.7.6 version.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\BlatMail)
* Updated: 'HMG IDE Demo' sample:
- added the all properties and events for controls to inspector's window;
- added the possibilities of moving/resizing of controls to context menu
at right mouse click.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\hmgide)

This release of MiniGUI is considered stable and ready for production use.

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

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So, why then am I reviving the Original Clipper... Clipper... Clipper via a Blog as CA-Clipper is a programming language for the DOS world ? Believe it or not, there are still some clients using my mission-critical CA-Clipper applications for DOS installed in the late 80's and up to the mid 90's. This is testimony to CA-Clipper's robustness as a language :-)

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What is Clipper ?

You may ask, what is this Clipper stuff ? Could Clipper be something to do with sailing as it is the name of a very fast sailing American ship in the 19th century ?

Well, Clipper or to be precise, CA-Clipper is the premier PC-Software development tool for DOS. It was first developed by Nantucket Corporation initially as a compiler for dBase3+ programs. Since then, CA-Clipper has evolved away from its x-base roots with the introduction of lexical scoping & pre-defined objects like TBrowse. As at today, the most stable version ofClipper is 5.2e while the latest version, 5.3a was introduced on 21 May 1996.

As at 11th November, 1996, an unofficial 5.3a fixes file was made available by Jo French. See the About CA-Clipper 5.3a section for more details. BTW, Jo French uploaded the revised 5.3a fixes file on 20th November, 1996.

Latest News

The latest news is that CA has finally released the long-awaited 5.3b patch on 21 May, 1997.

For 5.3b users, you must a take a look at Jo French's comments on unfixed bugs in 5.3b.

BTW, have you used Click ? If you're a serious Clipperprogrammer and need an excellent code formatter, Click is a natural choice. How to get it ? Simple, access Phil Barnett's site via my Cool Clipper Sites.

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Have you tried Xbase ++ ? Well, I have and compared to Delphi (my current Windows programming tool of choice), I'm still sticking to Delphi.

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